| Sesame Street | |||||
| Oscar's Grouch formula (repeat of 1363) | |||||
| Air date | February 17, 1982 | ||||
| Season | Season 13 (1981-1982) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Big Bird has noticed he's the tallest individual on Sesame Street. He encourages the viewer to use their imagination to become as tall as he is, giving them a new perspective of the street. Maria, Bob, Linda, and David are all surprised by the viewer's new size. Eventually, Big Bird suggests they stop imagining now because he likes the viewer just as they are. |
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Cartoon | A top-hatted man tries to show a girl how many uses a box has, but she prefers kicking it. (First: Episode 0763) |
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Muppets | Bert sings "Doin' the Pigeon". (First: Episode 0536) |
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Cartoon | In still photographs, a boy asks his friend what his mother does. The mother's shoes become animated, as she describes what she did today. She turns out to be a policewoman. (First: Episode 1578) |
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Cast | Olivia and a boy visit a butcher's shop to learn how a butcher does his job. |
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Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole and says that he fooled the viewer. He then walks into a wall. (First: Episode 0439) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 2 | Inspired by Linda's job as an actress, Maria sets up a small box stage in the yard. She and the kids get up one at a time and mime an action for the audience to guess. Linda's turn involves her acting like eating lunch, inspiring everyone to grab a real meal. |
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Cartoon | AT words: A fat cat with a hat sat on a mat. A bat scared the fat cat. (First: Episode 1101) |
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Celebrity | Whitman Mayo's Animal Guessing Game #1 (Lions) (First: Episode 0778) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Apple Walnut Raisin Cookies — Ernie helps Cookie Monster in making apple-walnut-raisin cookies. (First: Episode 1287) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter gets a check-up with help from an x-ray. (First: Episode 0787) |
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Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper: X Marks the Spot! (First: Episode 0456) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar tries to get Charles the Robot to stop saying the word "YES." |
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Cartoon | A wizard walks through a door. A boy in pajamas tries to imitate him without success. (First: Episode 1042) |
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Muppets | The Magic Painting Lady shows off her magic painting of a doorway which will help show "through". Three Anything Muppets in the painting come through the doorway. When it comes time for Grover's turn, he ends up breaking through the painting. (First: Episode 0580) |
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Film | A wheel rolls away from a junkyard. A boy captures it to complete his wagon. (Spanish dub) (First: Episode 0513) |
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Cartoon | Y for Yak Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1184) |
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Celebrity | Whitman Mayo's Animal Guessing Game #4 (Fish) (First: Episode 0778) |
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Cartoon | Toothpaste March Artist: Ray Favata (First: Episode 1446) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Getting a Bang Out of It — Ernie is scared of a violent thunderstorm during the night, but Bert reassures him it won't last. |
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SCENE 4 | Bob sings a song about opposites with Linda. |
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Cartoon | A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta. (First: Episode 0443) |
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Muppets | The dark-bearded half of the Two-Headed Monster wakes up to argue with itself over whether to go to the zoo or the playground. The two both end up taking naps instead. (First: Episode 1475) |
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Celebrity | Whitman Mayo's Animal Guessing Game (Snake) (First: Episode 1167) |
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Cartoon | A bird lays ten eggs. (First: Episode 1576) |
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Cast | In a spoof of the famous Mean Joe Greene Coke commercial, football player Big Murray (Gordon) accepts a number 7 from a young fan, whom he rewards with a towel that also has a 7 on it. (First: Episode 1535) |
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Cartoon | Seven piglets Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1546) |
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Film | A flock of sheep crosses the river. (First: Episode 1165) |
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Cartoon | Several circles try to get past a large square. (First: Episode 1486) |
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Insert | Telly, dressed in a derby hat, plays a game with Olivia - she asks him a series of "yes or no" questions and he gives his answer by pointing to her "YES" and "NO" signs. He then asks her some questions regarding spaghetti. She claims one doesn't wear spaghetti, when Telly reveals he's wearing a plate under his hat (he wasn't able to find his lunchbox). (First: Episode 1608) |
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Cartoon | A dog answers "Yes" to every question. (First: Episode 0783) |
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Film | A boy and girl pretend to be the parents of a constantly-crying baby doll. The "father" proceeds to feed the baby and change its diaper. (First: Episode 1388) |
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Cartoon | A man demonstrates Spanish words that start with the letter Y. (First: Episode 0470) |
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Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam announces that someone has bought the last box of crayons, and he wants to know why. It turns out that he just wants a crayon so he can learn how to write the letter Y. (First: Episode 1288) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria and David are nearby Oscar's trash can when an explosion occurs from within. Oscar, the mad scientist "Dr. Grouch," claims to have invented a formula that can turn even the nicest person into a Grouch. David and Maria do not wish to be his test subjects and encourage him to try it instead, thinking he'll become even grouchier than ever. Oscar gulps it down and after a moment, ducks into his can clutching his throat. When he emerges, he's wearing a necktie, a slick hairpiece, and acting cordially to his neighbors (even giving a flattered Maria a kiss on the hand). |
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Muppets | The Twiddlebugs attempt to exit a roller skating rink. (First: Episode 1468) |
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Cartoon | Splash (girl on beach) (First: Episode 0996) |
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SCENE 5 cont'd | Oscar is still acting pleasant and tolerable, having now cleaned his entire can. Suddenly, the potion wears off and he's back to his grouchy self. He doesn't remember anything from the experience and is appalled to learn how nice he was. He vows to destroy his formula and starts re-messing up his can. Bob announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Olivia holds the CTW sign. |
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